Combined stuffing and pressing machine



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M. L.- EDWARDS.

COMBINED STUFFING AND PRESSING MAOHINE.

No. 309,832. Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

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M. L. EDWARDS. COMBINED STUFFING'AND PRBSSING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

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MARTIN LUTHER EDWARDS, OF SALEM, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,832, dated December 30, 188 1.

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T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN L. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, in thecounty of Oolumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Oombined Stuffing and Pressing Machine, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to combined machines for stuffing all kinds of meats and material of like character, and also for use in pressing lard, tallow, fruit, tinctures, and other substances from which it may be desired to ex tract juices or other matter; and the invention relates more particularly to a vertical stuffing and pressing machine in which a vertical cog-rack supplied at its lower end with a suitable follower for use in stuffing and pressing is operated through an orifice in a swinging cross-beam; and it has for its objects to render the operation of the vertical cog-rack and its follower effective and substantial; to pro vide a more effective means for easy, positive, and powerful movement of the cog-rack and its stuffing and pressing follower, and to furnish a press and stuffer combined at a moderate cost, the same having compactness and solidity in its operating parts.

\Vith these objects in view the said invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is aviewin perspective of my combined stuffing and pressing machine. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the perforated l'alse bottom for the barrel when the device is used as a press. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the perforated removable barrel that is used with the machine when used as a press, and Fig 5 is a view of a modification.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the combined base and barrel, the same being provided with legs or feet 13, which have screw-holes, in order that the barrel may be secured to atable or bench.

At the bottom of the base A, and opposite each other, and cast integral therewith, are lugs O O, to which columns D and D are secured, which columns support and receive the cross-beam E, to which the working parts of the machine (mainly) are secured and operated from. 7

At the bottom of the base A a suitable hollow projection, F, is provided, through which a nozzle is secured to the barrel for use when the machine is used for stuffing purposes' This nozzle is to be removed when the ma chine is used as a press. The base A on the inside of the barrel has a suitable depression, G, extending across its middle and communicating with the hollow projection F, to permit the insertion of the nozzle H, and at the same time providing for the flowing of the expressed liquid to the middle of the bottom, and for the ready escape of the same. The cross-beam E is cast-iron, but may be made of any suitable metallic substance. In the construction of the cross-beam E it is provided at one end with an open slot, I, that passes over awroughtiron stud or rod, 1, that is cast integral with the column D, and is securely held in place by a thumb-nut, I. At the other end the crossbeam E is provided with an orifice, K, which engages a stud or rod, K, on the column D, and forms a bearing that permits the ready swinging of the beam E entirely out of the Way when filling the barrel or removing the expressed material therefrom. The sleeve thus formed. for the cross-beam E is secured in place by a nut and washer to the stud K. The cross-beam E is also provided with an orifice, L, through which the cog rack M passes, and is further provided with an opening, N, on its under side to admit a pinion, N, that meshes into the cog-rack M. It is further provided with an arm, 0, cast integral therewith, at the end of which is formed a sleeve or bearing, 0, for the shaft P, provided at its inner end with a worm, P, which meshes with a worm-wheel, Q, on the shaft Q, on which the pinion N is fixed. The shaft Q has its bearings in the cross-beam E. The outer end of the shaft 1? is provided with a crank, B. These various devices being combined, it is obvious that by revolving the worm-wheel shaft by means of the crank on the outer end of the worm-shaft P a slow, powerful, and positive motion is communicated to the cog-rack, thereby providing and rendering a pressure upon the cog-rack follower S that must prevail to make a complete machine for the purposes specified.

In the combination of a stuffer and press I provide a perforated barrel, T, for use in pressing that-is inserted in the barrel A, which perforated barrel is provided with a suitable follower that screws onto the cog-rack like the one shown thereon. For use in pressing I also provide a perforated false bottom, it, with rings a, cast on its under face to raise it above the bottom of the barrel A. \Vhen the machine is used for stuffing, both the barrel T and the false bottom a are removed from the barrel A. It is obvious also that a rapid re turn of the cog-rack may be obtained by in creasing the length of the worm-wheel shaft and providing its outer end with a crank, to effect which the worm-shaft would have to be made of a length to permit it to be disengaged from the worm-wheel.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

MARTIN LUTHER EDWARDS.

lVitnesses:

JOHN E. RoGnRs, SAMUEL Gnovn, J r. 

